Context matters. It is unacceptable to use racial slurs as pejoratives. It is also unacceptable to construct a taboo that would forbid the printing or utterance of racial slurs even when, as is in this article, the context is the racial slur as a word itself, not as a pejorative.
Word taboos that disregard context are a first step on a slippery slope to the squelching of thoughts and opinions.
John M. O’Connor
To the Editor:
The Times is to be commended for running Prof. John McWhorter’s detailed and well-documented article about the history and use of the N-word because it sets that word meaningfully apart from odious terms referring to other groups because of their religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, birthplace, etc.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) â Terrence Cheng, an only child of Taiwanese immigrants who rose in the academic world to become director of the University of Connecticut’s Stamford campus, was appointed Friday as the next president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system.
The state Board of Regents for Higher Education voted unanimously to approve Cheng for the $360,000-a-year post that oversees 17 schools that serve more than 72,000 students.
Cheng, 49, who also is an English professor at UConn, will begin his new job on July 2. He will succeed Mark Ojakian, who retired in January after five years as CSSU president and a longer career in state government including chief of staff to former Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
Published May 07. 2021 11:24PM
By DAVE COLLINS
HARTFORD (AP) Terrence Cheng, an only child of Taiwanese immigrants who rose in the academic world to become director of the University of Connecticut s Stamford campus, was appointed Friday as the next president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system.
The state Board of Regents for Higher Education voted unanimously to approve Cheng for the $360,000-a-year post that oversees 17 schools that serve more than 72,000 students.
Cheng, 49, who also is an English professor at UConn, will begin his new job on July 2. He will succeed Mark Ojakian, who retired in January after five years as CSCU president and a longer career in state government including chief of staff to former Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
Intelligent.com Announces Best Online Masters in Entertainment Management Degree Programs for 2021
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Portland woman named to Connecticut Funeral Directors Association committee
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Amanda Portelance of Portland was recently reelected to a second term as an Alternate Member of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association.Connecticut Funeral Directors Association / Contributed photo
PORTLAND - Amanda Portelance of Portland was recently reelected to a second term as an Alternate Member of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association. Portelance is a licensed funeral director/embalmer with Spencer Funeral Home in East Hampton.
Her CCO designation indicates that she completed the National Funeral Directors Association’s Certified Crematory Operator program. In addition to her work at the funeral home, Portelance is an Assistant Professor of Funeral Service at Goodwin University in East Hartford.